1. A poverty hero is a man, woman or child who, in the words of Shakespeare, has suffered the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune," i.e., has lived a life of desperation and/or crisis, related to poverty, and managed to overcome, prevail or survive, to create art, life, activism and/or their voice. POOR Magazine is honoring the heroism of survival, itself a triumph, through class and/or race oppression..... 

2. A poverty hero is a person or persons who has dedicated their life to service, activism and/or the creativity of communities in poverty, who through their efforts has alleviated the suffering, promoted the creativity, organized the efforts, raised the consciousness, and/or aided and abetted the survival of people, suffering from race and class oppression. 

POOR welcomes your nominations for Poverty Hero. To qualify, they must fit one (or both) of the above definitions. Please send a picture and a one page description by US postal service to POOR Magazine, 255 9th Street, San Francisco, Ca 94103. Include a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope, your phone number and name. 

Our featured Poverty Heros are
Trent Hayward...Poverty Hero
Manny Morales and Joseph Werner.
Ken Moshesh
Ed Sherriff
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

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